I use Transmit everyday to post new content to Egg Freckles, or upload changes to my MessagePad theme. Transmit’s Sync command is invaluable for moving the changes on my computer to the various sites I have bookmarked in Transmit’s collection of favorites. Unfortunately no matter how useful Transmit’s Sync command may be, it is powerless at synchronizing my Transmit favorites between two or more computers.

I used to use MobileMe to Sync my Transmit favorites between computers, but now that MobileMe has been replaced by iCloud I am relying on my old data synchronization standby, Dropbox, to get the job done.

1. I start by syncing Transmit for the last time on MobileMe and then quitting the Transmit application.
2. I make a backup of my Transmit applications data by copying the the Transmit Application Support folder from my personal Library onto my Desktop. cp -R ~/Library/Application\ Support/Transmit ~/Desktop/Transmit
3. I then move my existing Transmit Application Support directory from my Library to an Application Support folder I created in my Dropbox folder using this command. mv ~/Library/Application\ Support/Transmit ~/Dropbox/Application\ Support/Transmit
4. Creating a symbolic link between my new Dropbox enabled Transmit Application Support folder and its original location ensures that changes I make to my Transmit application data gets synced to the cloud. ln -s ~/Dropbox/Application\ Support/Transmit ~/Library/Application\ Support/Transmit
5. On all of my remaining computers I remove the existing Transmit data by entering this command rm -R ~/Library/Application\ Support/Transmit and then repeat step 4 to bring Transmit syncing to Dropbox.

My Dropbox syncing technique for Transmit isn’t perfect. In order to avoid data corruption it is important to quit Transmit on one Mac and let Dropbox fully sync before starting it on another. Unlike MobileMe synchronization this technique cannot reconcile changes made on two different computers, but it does sync favorite icons and the logs not previously synced by MobileMe.

Interested in trying Dropbox for yourself Use this link to get signed up and enjoy the dream of being in sync across all of your computers.